#8B236F#8B236F

#8B236F is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.161 H 340.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B236F
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(316, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(316, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 20.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 50.80, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 54.42, 338.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% 0.1519 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.161 340.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1182, 7.8401, 15.8056)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B236F #238B3F

analogous

#73238B #8B236F #8B233B

triadic

#8B236F #6F8B23 #236F8B

tetradic

#8B236F #8B7323 #238B3F #233B8B

square

#8B236F #8B7323 #238B3F #233B8B

split-complementary

#8B236F #3B8B23 #238B73

monochromatic

#290A21 #5A1748 #8B236F #BC2F96 #D454B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8B236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8B236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B236F

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B236F	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B4471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C556D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.161 340.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06998',
    500: '#8b236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b236f;
$custom-light: #b06998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44928,
    "c": 0.16076,
    "h": 340.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B236F

secondary

#52B86D

accent

#E36F45

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070D

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B236F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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